Ahead of Union Finance Minister and senior BJP leader Nirmala Sitharaman’s much-anticipated visit to the Pawar family bastion of Baramati in Pune district, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar said the Minister was ‘welcome’ to the constituency while hinting that the BJP perhaps felt anxious about not being able to win Baramati in past elections.
Speaking in Mumbai, Mr. Pawar said that every political party had a right to expand in order to secure its future.
“In this context, if a party feels anxious about a particular region or a constituency [alluding to Baramati], then there is nothing wrong about that party trying to strive harder to enhance its presence. So, if Ms. Sitharaman’s Baramati visit comes with this object in the BJP’s mind, then it is her right to tour the constituency,” said the NCP chief.
